Symposium 2008 - "Ecosystems and Climate Change" <view the poster>
April 4th, 2008
U.J. Noblet Forestry Building
Room G002
School of Forest Resources & Environmental Science

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Symposium 2007 - "Wildlife and Forests: The Role of Management"

This year's symposium will be on Friday, April 13, 2007.
All events will be held in room G002 or the U. J. Noblet Forestry Building at the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science.

Click here to view the Symposium Announcement

Symposium Schedule:

9:00 a.m.
Dr. Christopher Webster
Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
Topic: A Downward Spiral: Deer Abundance and Vegetation Dynamics in Anthropogenic Landscapes

10:00 a.m.
Dr. Casey Huckins
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
Topic: Fishes in the Forest : Effects of Logging on Stream Communities

11:00 a.m.
Robert Aho
Wildlife Biologist, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Baraga, MI
Topic: Kirtland's Warblers: An Endangered Songbird Requiring Active Management    

12:00 p.m. – Break for lunch

1:00 p.m.
Dr. Jonathan Gilbert
Wildlife Section Leader, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, Odanah, WI
Topic: Managing Forests for American Marten    

2:00 p.m.
Dr. Curt Meine
Conservation Biologist and Aldo Leopold Biographer, Baraboo, WI
Topic: Land, Forests, and Wildlife Conservation in an Age of Consequences

Wildlife conservation and forest management go hand in hand. Forests provide wildlife species with food, cover, water, and space. Management activities change the quantity, quality, and distribution of these habitat features. As a result, certain wildlife will be favored in forests at different stages of succession. Enhancing and retaining features through forest management can allow for greater species abundance for
both plants and animals.

XI Sigma Pi was founded in 1908 at the University of Washington. Since its beginning, 43 chapters have been founded around the world.

Membership in the Society is open to all undergraduate and graduate students at Michigan Tech in a forest resources management curriculum.
ALL MAJORS WELCOME!

Students must meet high academic standards (3.0 GPA) as well as desirable personality traits (honesty, leadership, dependability, willingness to cooperate).

Society membership may include faculty members, student members, and associate members.

Application for membership is by invitation only.

To become a member, pledges most go through a week long initiation of making a wooden plaque and obtain the signature of local current Xi Pi members. Initiation is culminated by a free dinner, traditionally at Quincy's.

XI Sigma Pi is a service organization that provides tutoring in classes at the School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science. If you would like to meet for a private session contact:janowiak@mtu.edu

XI Pi also runs the School Library in Room G003 with resource books in a variety of subjects that can be checked out anytime.

XI Sigma Pi also host the annual Symposium. The symposium offers a time for the public, students and resource professionals to get together and discuss an important topic. Symposium is important for all resource managers to explore new areas, technologies or problems facing them.

2007 Symposium Topic topic is, "Wildlife and Forests: The Role of Management"